Wichita eagle., 1887-12-25
GONE BEFORE.
EX-SECRETARY MANNING DIES AT
1854 ?. II. YESTERDAY.
Contrary to His Wishes, the Family
Surrounds Him in His
Last Moments.
The End Was Peaceful. and Without a
Struggle tie Ex-SecretaIy Passed
From Life TO Death.
The Funeral viii Take Place Tuesday, the
21th-Mayor TEACHERS Proclama-
ten Of Sympathy and
Bereavement.

ALBANY. y. Y, Dec. 24-1:40p. MIR.
Manning is dead.
ALBANY, \. Y. Dec. 24-Mr. Manning
seemed to rally and brighten considerably
this morning. TO the surprise of his family,
and about D. M this afternoon his son,
James H. (who had been up watching at
the bedside almost without rest) went
out for a short walk i'll the fresh
air. lie returned in few
minutes, and entering the room where the
nurse and patient We're, discovered that
his father was breathing with shortened
breaths No mark of death was on his
counlenance, and though Mr.. Manning
had eXpectedly requested his family not
to witness his passing away it was deemed
best to summon his household. and at 1:34
this afternoon he quietly ceased to breathe.
MAYOR THAtHEE's ORDER.
ALBANY, \. y, Dec. 24.-The mayor
issued the following this evening. in re
gard to ex-oecretary Manning death:
MAYORS OFFICE. ALBANY, y. Y,
Dec. 24th, 1851.
TO the citizens of AlbanY-Our fore
most townsuan is no more. Daniel Man
ming is dead The great heart which
loved Albany is done with It's thrObbing
| The mighty brain which devised wise
plans for a nations money Is at rest.
Content with q private condition, he rose
to national CmlnenCe. Free from amDl-
ton he WAS ntrusted with power. Modest
and unassumin@ he stood before kings
His career has reflected luStre upon our
CITY. His ascent unto honor has marked ii
way for our youths, moved by honor
able desire In the literature of mourning
we can find no expressions to tell OF our
sorrow The most we can do Is to adopt
the customary symbols and wear the com
mon emblems which speak of grief and
affection Therefore you are requested to
display the ordinary signs of mourning
and TO cease from your usual emplOymentS
during the hours of the funeral services.
(SigneG) JNO. BOYD THATCHER.
Mayor.
The funeral vii! take place on Tuesday,
December y, at ) clock. at St. Paul
Episcopal church.
WASHINGTON, December 24.-The preSi-
dent and all the members OF the cabinet
will attend ex-Secretary Manning 5 funeral
at Albany on Tuesday, They will leave
here Monday night for that purpose.
All through the late afternoon and even
ing kilograms expressing sorrow and
bereavement We're received by Mrs. Man
ming and MIR. James II. Manning. Many
Z
state officers were also received, among
which were the following:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, ALBANY, \. Y,
December -, 1887.
DEAR Mrs Everywhere there
I is sinccrast sympathy with YOU in your
grief Mr.. Manning's friends are not con
fined to one city or state,
but here in the city and state
of his home, where he was best known
and esteemed, there is the deepest sorrow.
Permit me to express my own personal
sympathy with YOU III the great loss you
have sustained. am very truly yours,
(Signed) DAVID y. HILL.
WASHINGTON, Dec, n
Mrs Lamont and myself beg to extend
to YOU our sincere sympathy, our house
hold is in deep sadness for the loss OF a
kind and most respected friend.
(Signed) DANIEL :. LAMONT.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. y.
IOffer our sincere sympathy and viii at
tend burial. (Signed) SAM j. RANDALL.
TelegramS OF coincidence were also re-
ceiyed from George l.. Miller, Chicago, and
Richard Nevins, il, Pjttsburg.
TIE DISEASE
/ Mr.. Manning came to Albany on Tues
day evening, December -, 10 seek rest.
! The diagnosis OF his case at the time he
was stricken down at Washington showed
that he was suffering from Bright's dis
! ease. This his physician believed was
! brought on by close confinement in hie
private office in the treasury building,
I which was in wretched sanitary condition.
, \ large untrapped pipe connected directly
! with the sewer, allowing the free
/ escape of sewer gas into the Office. The
first syptoms of the disease showed them
. selves soon after Mr.. Manning began to
use the quarters in the forms of lack OF
strength and shortening of breath and
partial PARALYSIS which occurred in March,
1856 II was then discovered that he was
suffering from chronic Br;ght's disease,
accompanied by hypertrophy and degene-
alton of ihe heart, and that the paralysis
was probably due to a hemorrhage in the
brain There was no recurrence OF the
paralysis and his mind remand perfectly
clear to the last.